1. LET’S LEARN ABOUT CALL NUMBERS

2. REMEMBER A CALL NUMBER IS LIKE THE BOOK’S ADDRESS IN THE LIBRARY. IT TELLS WHERE THE BOOK LIVES ON THE LIBRARY SHELVES.

3. OUR LIBRARY HAS TWO KINDS OF BOOKS. FICTION NONFICTION

4. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE RECIPE FOR MAKING CALL NUMBERS FOR FICTION BOOKS.

5. A FICTION CALL NUMBER IS MADE UP OF TWO PARTS: FIC for fiction The first three letters in the author’s last name.

6. SO, THE FICTION CALL NUMBER FOR A BOOK BY GARY PAULSEN WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS: FIC PAU

7. WHAT WOULD THE CALL NUMBER FOR A BOOK BY ANNE SCHRAFF LOOK LIKE? FIC SCH

8. HOW DO WE PUT FICTION BOOKS IN ORDER ON THE SHELVES? THINK! HOW CAN WE PUT LETTERS IN ORDER ? THAT’S RIGHT! FICTION CALL NUMBERS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL OR ABC ORDER.

9. LET’S SEE IF YOU CAN TELL THE CALL NUMBER OF THESE FICTION BOOKS.

10. Twilight BY Stephanie Meyer FIC MEY

11. The Sea of Monsters BY Rick Riordan FIC RIO

12. Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot FIC CAB